fritillary
英 [frɪ'tɪlərɪ]
美['frɪtl'ɛri]
- n. [植] 贝母；[昆] 豹纹蝶
英英释义
- 1. any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
- 2. butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
实用场景例句
- So should New England's loss of the regal fritillary.
- 新英格兰帝王豹纹蝶的消失也应如此.
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中文词源
fritillary 贝母，豹纹蛱蝶
来自拉丁语fritillus,骰子盒，骰钟，拟声词，摇骰子的声音。贝母义据说因其花被形如骰钟而得名，豹纹蛱蝶是因为这种蝴蝶其花纹形如骰子颜色而得名。
双语例句
- 1. So should New England's loss of the regal fritillary.
- 新英格兰帝王豹纹蝶的消失也应如此.
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英文词源
- fritillary (n.)
- popular name of a type of British butterfly, 1857, earlier a type of plant (Fritillaria Meleagris, 1633), from Latin fritillus "dice-box," from fritinnire said to be imitative of the rattle of dice. The plant so called in allusion to the shape of its perianth. The butterfly so called perhaps from resemblance of its markings to those of dice or a chessboard (perhaps on the confused notion that fritillus meant "chessboard").
词态变化
复数: fritillaries;